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THE EDITOR OF THAT BURBON SOUTHERN NEWS
PAPER SEVERELY SCORED.
FOR MISREPRESENTING FACTS IN CONNECTION
WITH WHITE GENTLEMEN CONSORTING WITH
NEGRO WOMEN.
A TIMELY AND UNANSWERABLE ARTICLE BY
COVINGTON HALL.
To the Editor of The Times-Democrat,
Iew Orleans:
Your editorial article under the above
caption closes as follows: "It is a
measure on one side of which good cit
izenship must perforce be unanimously
arrayed, while opposition can come only
from bad citizenship." Let us see. The
measure to which you refer is your
proposed law to make illegal cohabita
tion between white men and Colored
icemen a penal offense. Now, despite
jour assumption that all who disagree
with you are "bad citizens" I intend to
eppose you.
I am opposed to any such law and
for the following reasons:
First, because such a law would be
an act of the grossest kind of injustice
against the woman; it would be but
another infamy added to the long list
of outrages man has committed against
woman since the maternal law was
overthrown. The woman, being by th
law of nature most liable to be caught,
would be surest to suffer punishment.
while the "White Supremacy Demo
crat," who was her sharer in guilt,
would go unscathed would in all
probability be on the bench or in the
mry that condemned her to penal scr
vitude. Such things as this last has
happened before and our experience of
the "pure and undefiled democracy of
the South" during the last forty years
is not such as to give us any confidence
in its creatures as dealers out of im
partial punishment Again, it would be
n act of gross injustice, because worn
an is dependent upon man for the
means of life today, the present form
f f property holding placing all women,
or the great majority, white women as
well as Colored, at the mercy of the
fian. This is proven by the marriage
Kws of all "civilized" nations, which
re drawn to protect property rights
nd do not insure the happiness of
. cdlock. Under capitalist law, woman
fext to the workingman, is the abject
t slave. Slavery s all-corrupting,
both to the slave and the master. The
-nl way, therefore, to save society is
t. abolish the cause of its disease,
which is to say that if we must have in
corruptible women they must stand on
in equal footing with men, they must
be freed and the only way to set them
iree is to abolish the private ownership
f f the means of life; to give woman
the same opportunity and voice in in
dustry and politics as men. which can
enly be accomplished by the overthrow
cf the class rule, by the establishment
of the co-operative Commonwealth.
Neither you nor the state have the right
to uphold a system of production
which renders it next to impossible for
a woman to earn a decent living, and
then turn and punish her when her
children are crying for food, she steps
aside and violates your criminal laws,
for then you are the criminal and not
she. You it is who violates the laws
of God, and not she, for she obeys the
kw of nature when at any and every
Orleans
Times-Democrat
cost she protects her offspring from
the grave. But if you must have more
laws, punish the man alone; let the
woman go free; more, compel the
man to pay her indemnity for her deg
radation; for, in most cases, even when
she is Colored, he has accomplished
her surrender because he held the gate
way to her means of life. Hut before
you punish th man even, look to it that
jou have not, by closing him out of the
land of opportunity, made it impossible
for him to support a home Always,
always, the remedy of the capitalist is
more laws, more laws, and yet more
laws! Establish industrial conditions
v.hich render homes impossible, and
then punish workingmen for not work
ing and women for selling their bodies.
Just laws you propose, indeed, and
founded upon just reasoning!
If you desire this crime to be pun
ished, why not propose the passage of
a law that would divide a man's
property equally between all his chil
dren, legitimate or illegitimate, white or
Colored? Why not propose a law that
would disfranchise the fathers of chil
drcn by Colored women? Hut the cap
italist class would fight the first to the
death as an unholy attack upon theii
"sacred privileges," and, as to the Ias,
if it was done, there would not be left
in the State of Louisiana enough lead
ers of the "White Supremacy Democ
racy" to organize a precinct on elec
tion day. So, though it is just, the sug
gestion I offer you is useless.
You say this crime is mainly com
mitted by the most debased men in the
community, which is not so, for hun
dreds and thousands of mulattoes and
quadroons in this country' bear the
names of the oldest families in the
south, and you and all men know that
this is true. The very" fact that so
many mixed bloods bear the names of
old or wealthy families prove the
economic basis of miscegenation, for
between two workingmen, a Colored
woman will cohabit with the man ot
her race in no other way can the ar
istocratic names of mixed bloods be
accounted for than by the white man
having and the Colored woman having
not Seeing this to be true, it would
be an infamy to punish the Colored or
any other woman as you propose.
Twist and turn, pass as many laws
as you please, but the eternal truth is
this: You can only save the human race
fiom misery, degradation and enslave
ment by establishing economic equality
for all men and all women and to do
this you must declare for the republic
of the workers.
For taking this stand for the "out
casts,'' I expect to be "misunderstood,
but I am used to being misunderstood,
and somehow or other I have always
sympathized with the "outcasts."
Maybe I am one in soul myself, or
maybe it is because I see how grand a
part the "outcasts" have played in the
history of the race. Remember you
not; while you and the-Tiflmans and
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ALDERMAN JOHN J. BRADLEY.
One of the influential and valuable members of the city
would make an ideal candidate for city clerk of Chicago.
Yardamaus arc prating so much about
tl c immutable "law s of God," that al!
the law and all the power of Rome and
religion could not frighten the outcast
woman, Mary of Magdala, away from
the cross of the outcast Christ? Think
Mr. Editor, before you fight for a law
so wicked and unjust. Let no man
punish woman for his own Crimes.
Justice, not law, is all we need.
Yours for the revolution,
COVINGTON HALL.
True to his cunning instinct, the edi
tor of The Times-Democrat endeavor
to make it appear that "only the had
oi the lowest class of white gentlemen
in the south consort with Negro woir
cn, but that theory is knocked into a
cocked hat by Covington Hall, for a
he states the so-called best or the pur
est Anglo-Saxon blood in this broad
land is toted around in the veins of
more than four million Afro-Americans.
Editor.
GREAT GOD! SAID THE WOOD
COCK, AND AWAY HE FLEW.
Jblius F. Taylor of The Broad Ax
Supports Booker T. Washington.
Ye gods, are we dreaming? Brother
Julius F. Taylor, editor of The Broad
Ax, heretofore with the Boston Guard
ian, among the bitterest opponents of
Booker T. Washington, has turned tail
bid farewell to his consorts, and now
comes out in praise of his whilom ad
versary. By what unseen, occult and
hypnotic influence this has been brought
about The Advocate is unable to even
guess, but all things seem possible in
this mundane sphere. We may next ex
pect to sec Ben Tillman teaching a Ne
gro Sunday school class or Vardaman
leading a Negro camp meeting. We live
and learn The Advocate, Milwaukee,
Wis.
Editor Montgomery: Not one line
has ever appeared in the columns ot
The Broad Ax to indicate that its edi
tor has turned tail and has become one
of Booker T. Washington's shouters
and retainers. Like the editor of The
Advocate, and all we ask you to watch
our smoke for a while and then you
will see whether or not The Broad Ax
has sold out bag and baggage to the
great wizard of Tuskegee.
WHITE MAN COMMITS ASSAULT.
Columbus, S. C Feb, I-A white
man by the name of Turner was
brought io the State penitentiary to
night by Sheriff Hunter, of Bamberg,
for safe keeping and as a matter of pre
caution. He is accused of a criminal
assault on the little daughter of former
Senator S. G. Mayficld, of Bamberg,
formerly of Greenville.
Turner is related to the family of
council, who
Senator Mayficld, and was employed at'
his sawmill as a sawyer. He was stay-
ing in the Mayficld home, at Denmark.
cstcrday Mr. Mayficld was attracted
by the cries of his little daughter, and
discovered her in the room of Turner
where Turner had enticed her. Mr.
Mayficld seized Turner and beat him
into insensibility. The State Columbia.
S. C.
COL. JOHN R. MARSHALL AND
THE BROAD AX.
For almost three years, Col. John R.
Marshall has been a firm supporter ot
The Board Ax and whenever his sub
scription, which he cheerfully pays in
advance, is due, all we have to do is to
send him a bill notifying him of that
fact and in two or three days from the
time he receives his bill, we receive a
check from him for two dollars for the
some.
Notwithstanding the fact that Col.
Marshall has the reputation of promptly
paying his debts, some one connected
with the greatest blackmailing Old
Church Harlot Organ in the west claims
that Col. Marshall is dishonest and that
he will not pay his subscriptions to
newspapers published in the interest of
the Afro-American race.
THE FREEMAN, BOOKER T. WASH
INGTON AND THE BROAD AX.
Dr. Booker T. Washington rises to
the high-water mark of magnanity in
praising the anniversary number of the
Chicago Broad Ax, which has opposed
him more vigorously and pcrsistentlv
than any other journal in the country.
It takes more than ordinary greatness
o: soul to see any merit in an opponent
who, to paraphrase Dr. Washington's
comment, has not agreed with him in
the past, and may not agree with him
at any time in the future. Editor Jul
ius F. Taylor did get out a good num
ber on his eleventh anniversary, and
whether we are on his side of the fence
or not, it docs not hurt anybody to give
him due credit for a first-class piece of
journalistic work. If Mr. Taylor isn't
right, let us help him to get right. The
Freeman, Indianapolis.
As long as Booker T, Washington de
votes his lime to instructing the Negro
in the South along industrial and edu-j
cational lines and refrains from at
tempting to become the big boss of
ten million people he is all right; but
as long as he poses as the master of
our civil and political affairs, he is all
wrong, and we can never get right on
him.
Mrs. Zoe Young of Council Bluffc
Towa,' -was the guest of Dr. and Mrs.
Geo. C HalL 5736 Rosalie Court, the
first of the week.
The Grand Jurors'
. Association of
ADDRESSED BY BISHOP
AND JUDGE ALBERT C.
IN FAVOR AND IN OPPOSITION TO THE INDE
TERMINATE SENTENCE LAW.
THEIR SPEECHES REPORTED BY L. W. WASHING
TON.
Monday evening, Feb. 4th.
The Grand Jurors Association me:
a the First Methodist Church audience
Lall and listened to a discussion upon
the Intctcnninatc Sentence law, as it is
applied today by members of the State
Board of Pardons and The Dcfinate
Senate law as it was applied before die
enactment of the latter.
The Right Rev. Bishop Samuel Fal
lows contending for the affirmative
proposition, while having a very strong
antagonist for the negative in the per
son of Judge Albert C. Barnes, of
the Superior Court of Cook County.
Bishop Fallows who was compelled
to leave on the account of another
meeting, missed the opportunity ot
hearing the strongest plea, and the
most feasible argument ever produced
favoring the "Definite Sentence law."
Bishop Fallows dealt with figures to
show the best reasons for advocating.
and sustaining the present method in
operation under the new code of laws
of the State of Illinois, granting the
Board of Pardons the power of passing
upon the lime of criminals existence in
the penitentiary. And his right of res
toration to citizenship. The following
are some of the things he said in refer
ence to the subject The active time
served in 1890 and 94 by the criminal
was 5 years under the Determinate sen
tence law, or about 19 per cent The
murderer serving 6 years, 7 months
and 18 days. The burglar 5 years, 1
month and 21 days. The average of
I year, 5 months and 6 days and 1 year
6 months and 12 days, as against the
Indeterminate Sentence act and applied
to convict, 2 years, 6 months and 7
days and 2 years 6 months for burg
lary. Actual time served 3 years and
II months. The average 2 years, 7
months and 13 days. The average of
the Definite sentence law, 5 years; the
Indeterminate Sentence law, 1 year, 6
months and 20 days.
June 20th, 1885, for boys under 16
years of age the average was 1 year,
6 months and 5 days ; under the Inde-
ttrminate Sentence law, 1 year and
25 days. The time for criminals under
the Definite Sentence act was 9 years,
2 3. 5- In the Southern penitentiary 22
and" 1-5 months The men who are the
habitual criminals are only serving in
the Joliet Penitentiary 3 years longer
in the southern 22 months. That
would show this, that men are not kept
upon the maximum time as you think.
Mr. President
The president of the association
asked this question: Bishop, I would
like for you to tell us just how every
boy has to come by his parole? Bis
hop Fallows answered the question by
stating, "That every boy has to come
by the recommendation of the Supt of
the school at Pontiac before the peti
tion of a release can be accepted by the
Board. The record is gone over care
fully, then we listen to all the evidence
that may be brought from the imme
diate neighborhood where the boy
lived. We hear the statements of the
Cook County
SAMUEL FALLOWS AND
BARNES.
trial lawyer and the judge, we want
this as a matter of protecting the pub
Iicy and the community.
We manage to keep a boy who
has lccn sent to this school by having
him attend school one-half day each
school day until he has completed the
Kill grade. Then he is given $10.00 to
his credit, a suit of clothes, a pair of
shoes. The "Parole Law" is the Si
mesc twins to the Indeterminate Sen
tence law. When a man was turned
out by that old Definite Sentence law,
he was :urncd out and that was the
end of him. So everything that can be
done is done to rehabilitate the man,
and make him a good citizen. "How
long arc the boys kept under the eye
of the officer?" Three months or one
year. We found about 7,000 boys and
about 160 of them who had no parents
whatever. We found in 17 years that
7. per cent were not criminals. Out of
7.000 about 2400 habitual criminals are
returned back to the school. They are
well fed, they have a library with 12,
000 volumnes. a Y. M. C A., military
exercises, in fact everything you would
give the boy outside he gets. Under
the Definite Sentence act, two Colored
men were convicted and sentenced to
the penitentiary for stealing some ba
logna sausage from a saloon while the
bartender was out One of them got
3 years and the other 1 year for the
same offense. We want all to be sent
to Pontiac from 16 to 30 by recom
mendation of the board. And those
under excluded. Gov. Chas. S. Dc
nccn was favorable to repealing of the
Indefinite Sentence law when he was
States Attorney, but if he would open
up his heart to you he would tell you
that he favors the present act Psycho
logically I believe in the "Grand Jujy
System" and never want to see the
Grand Jury System abolished." A vote
of thanks was given the Bishop for the
manner in which he presented his
views upon the subject
The President introduced Judge
Darnes as a defender of the "Definite
Sentence Law,' who spoke as follows:
"Gentlemen, having been under the
skill of the dentist, I appear here un
der a very disadvantage. I listended
to the good Bishop's talk and I wish
he was here, to hear some of the good
things I might say about him. I have
nothing whatever to say against the pa
role, and they are not twin brothers at
all. They were bid in the same hen's
r.cst, but they are not the same kind
of eggs. Figures are often used to
distort the truth. This is a question of
time, it is a moral question. It is a
question how the record is made out,
the judge shall not sentence for any
definite time, but any where from the
minimum to the maximum. Then the
pardon you are told that we want to
go back to the old system. When the
boys are reformed in the reform school
and the penitentiary they are made
good citizens I don't think. I think
there is but little difference in the pris
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